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RANSOM v. ST. REGIS FUND

86 N.Y.2d 553 (1995)

658 N.E.2d 989

635 N.Y.S.2d 116

In the Matter of James W. Ransom et al., Appellants, v. St. Regis Mohawk Education and Community Fund, Inc., et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 24, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harder Silber and Bergan, Albany (George W. Harder of counsel), for appellants.

John A. Piasecki, Hogansburg, and Vaughn N. Aldrich for respondents.

Pamela S. Fahey, Oneida, and William H. Gelles, III, for Oneida Indian Nation, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur.

TITONE, J.

The District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act and New York's Not-For-Profit Corporation Law both empower corporate entities to "sue and be sued." We are asked in this case to hold that reference to the District of Columbia Non-profit Corporation Act in the charter of a tribal social service agency incorporated thereunder, along with that corporation...

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